Shloka 27
कोपिता: पाण्डवा नित्यं समाश्रित्य सुयोधनम् । जैसे वसुदेवनन्दन श्रीकृष्ण पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनकी सहायताके लिये दृढ़प्रतिज्ञ हैं
kopitāḥ pāṇḍavā nityaṃ samāśritya suyodhanam | yathā vasudevanandanaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍuputrārjunasya sahāyatāyai dṛḍhapratijñaḥ, tathā mama dhanaṃ śarīraṃ strī putrāś ca yaśaś ca sarvaṃ duryodhanāya niṣṭhāpitam | yajñeṣu pracuradakṣiṇādāyin kurunandana bhīṣma! ahaṃ duryodhanam āśritya pāṇḍavānāṃ krodhaṃ nityaṃ tasmād vardhayāmi yathā kṣatriyajātiḥ rogair na mriyeta, api tu yuddhe vīragatiṃ prāpnoti || avaśyabhāvī hārthodyaṃ yo na śakyo nivartitum ||
ກັນນະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂດຍອາໄສສຸໂຢທະນະ (ທຸຣໂຢທະນະ) ເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງ, ຂ້າໄດ້ຍຸຍົງໃຫ້ຄວາມໂກດຂອງປານດະວະເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຢູ່ເລື້ອຍ. ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັບພຣະສຣີກຣິດສະນະ ພຣະບຸດຂອງວະສຸເທວະ ຜູ້ມີປະຕິຍານອັນໝັ້ນຄົງເພື່ອຊ່ວຍອາຣຊຸນ ບຸດຂອງປານດຸ, ຂ້າກໍ່ມອບທັງຊັບສິນ, ຮ່າງກາຍ, ເມຍ, ລູກ, ແລະກຽດສັກ—ທຸກຢ່າງ—ແດ່ທຸຣໂຢທະນະ. ໂອ ພີສະມະ ຄວາມພາກພູມໃຈແຫ່ງກຸຣຸ ຜູ້ລືຊາໃນການໃຫ້ທານດັກຊິນາອັນຫຼາຍໃນຍັດ! ຂ້າເລືອກທຸຣໂຢທະນະເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງ ແລະຈຶ່ງຮັກສາໃຫ້ຄວາມໂກດຂອງປານດະວະລຸກໂຊນຢູ່ເລື້ອຍ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຊົນຊາດກະສັດຕຣິຍະບໍ່ພິນາດດັ່ງຖືກໂລກໄພກິນກັດ ແຕ່ໄດ້ຮັບຈຸດຈົບຂອງວິລະຊົນໃນສົງຄາມ. ສິ່ງທີ່ຖືກກຳນົດໄວ້ແລ້ວ ບໍ່ອາດຫັນກັບໄດ້»។
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames kṣatriya-ethics as a commitment to decisive action and honor in battle, even at personal cost. Karna presents unwavering loyalty and vowed support as virtues, while also invoking destiny—what is fated cannot be averted—thereby highlighting the tension between moral agency and perceived inevitability.
Karna addresses Bhīṣma, declaring that he has aligned himself with Duryodhana and deliberately sustained the Pandavas’ anger to drive the conflict toward open war. He compares his own dedication to Duryodhana with Kṛṣṇa’s steadfast support of Arjuna, emphasizing total self-offering—wealth, body, family, and reputation—for his chosen ally.